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The Ekiti Patriotic Consultative Forum has dragged the state governor, Abiodun Oyebanji, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, and the Accountant General of the State before the State High Court for refusing to release the Certified True Copy of the Contract Document executed between state and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Limited (CCECCL).    The contract is on the Ekiti State Agro-Cargo Airport Project and the group had requested for the document under the Freedom...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from declaring the seats of 26 Rivers State House of Assembly members vacant and conducting fresh elections to fill their seats. The deposed Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon. Martins Amaewhule, and 25 others secured an interim order restraining INEC, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers House of Assembly, Clerk of the House and security agencies from declaring their seats and taking any...

Five persons in the Duta Electoral Area in the Ketu South have filed an interim injunction restraining the Electoral Commission (EC) from conducting the upcoming district level elections in the area.

Rivers State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has promised to run an inclusive government that upholds the principles of justice and fairness to everyone. The governor who broke his silence amid the political tension in the state, made this known in a video posted on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Friday.

The faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly headed by Edison Ehie and loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday morning moved the house plenary session to the Government House, Port Harcourt. This comes amid the ongoing demolition of the assembly complex by Governor Fubara’s administration. It was learnt that the 27 members of the House loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and immediate governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, were absent. The House declared the seats...

  The five-member faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly headed by Edison Ehie and loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday passed the 2024 budget proposal submitted by the governor. The State Executive Council, on Monday, approved the estimated budget of over N800 billion, tagged by the governor as the ‘Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation, and Continuity’ for the 2024 fiscal year. The faction had moved the house plenary session to the Government House, Port Harcourt.

The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt and presided over by Justice D.M. Danagogo, has restrained Martin Amaewhule, loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, from interfering and disrupting the activities of Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Edison Ehie, from carrying out his legislative functions. Ehie is loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, who is at loggerheads with Wike, his godfather and immediate former governor.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and others from preventing the State House of Assembly from

An Edo State High Court in Benin has ordered the remand of the 54-year-old Head of Tactical Teams of Edo State Security Network, Mr. Osarenren Johnson (aka Small Baba), over alleged murder and other crimes.

Court Remands Edo Security Network-Tactical Head ‘Small Baba’ Over Alleged Murder